Table 4

Outcome measures; time to surgery, anaesthesia type, implant type, surgery time and length of stay

Conventional careFast-track carep Value
Time to surgery (hours)Mean (SD)31.2 (25.1)25.2 (21.2)<0.001
Median (range)25 (0–289)21 (1–236)
Anaesthesia (category)Spinal759 (96.3%)773 (96.1 %)0.225
General22 (2.8 %)24 (3.0 %)
Other/missing0 (0%)/7 (0.9 %)3 (0.4 %)/4 (0.5 %)
Implant (category)Total Hip Arthroplasty33 (4.2%)36 (4.5%)0.806
Hemiprosthesis284 (36.0%)330 (41%)0.045
Girdlestone4 (0.5%)4 (0.5%)1.000
Intramedullary nail32 (4.1%)34 (4.2%)0.900
Sliding hip screw272 (34.5%)288 (35.8%)0.600
Hip screws163 (20.7%)112 (13.9%)<0.001
Surgery time (min)Mean (SD)67.0 (38.1)71.1 (36.3)0.014
Median (range)65 (6–260)69 (8–297)
Length of stay (days)Mean (SD)9.5 (8.2)6.1 (5.5)<0.001
Median (range)8 (1–120)5 (0–50)